Smallwood named to CFPA watch list

Yawin Smallwood, who led UConn with 120 tackles as a sophomore, was one of 41 linebackers named to the College Football Performance Awards Defensive Watch List.

Smallwood had 10 tackles or more in six games during the 2012 season and he had five games with multiple tackles for loss as he had 15 tackles behind the line of scrimmage including four quarterback sacks.

Smallwood is the only Husky named to the Offensive or Defensive Watch lists.

Stratford's Tyler Matakevich, a rising sophomore linebacker at Temple, also made the list after recording 101 tackles as a freshman.